Tshewang DORJI - speaker of CACCC-2021

6 July 2021
Tshewang DORJI - speaker of CACCC-2021

The Fourth Central Asia Climate Change Conference (CACCC-2021) will be held on July 26-27, 2021, in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. The conference will be conducted as a mix of in-person and virtual meetings.

The objective of the conference is to strengthen the regional dialogue, information and knowledge exchange in order to support climate-resilient evidence-based decision-making systems, as well as to explore the possibilities to ensure the synergy in climate projects implementation between international finance organizations and the development agencies in Central Asia.

   A series of our publications will be dedicated to the speakers and moderators of the upcoming event. And, today, we would like to introduce you to climate change specialist Tshewang DORJI. He will be a speaker at the CACCC-2021 thematic session on climate financing.

Speaker

Mr. Dorji is a Climate Change Specialist at the Global Environment Facility (GEF). Prior to joining the GEF, he was a Policy Analyst focused on Least Developed Countries issues with Climate Analytics, providing strategic advice to the Chair of Least Developed Country (LDCs) Group and managing operations of the Office of the LDC Chair at the UNFCCC process. Mr. Tshewang was also a negotiator from LDC Group since 2014 at the UNFCCC process. He started his career with the Bhutanese Government in 2005 as an Environment Officer and has worked extensively in climate change and sustainable development in Bhutan and globally. Mr. Tshewang is a citizen of Bhutan and is fluent in Dzongkha and English.  

Stay tuned for further updates to know about other interesting speakers of the CACCC-2021.